August 21
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1971
A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
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Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
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Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
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Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range.
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Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
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Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
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NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
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Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.
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American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
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Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
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A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
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2007Piper Rockelle, American model and singer
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2002Kenji Fan, Hong Kong model and actor
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2002Zion Suzuki, Japanese footballer
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2000Corbin Carroll, American baseball player
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1996Karolína Muchová, Czech tennis player
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1994Alex Cooper, American podcaster
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1994Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, British-Turkish reality television personality, actress and model
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1993Millie Bright, English footballer
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1993Mike Evans, American football player
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1992Brandon Drury, American baseball player
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1992RJ Mitte, American actor (died 2026)
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1992Felipe Nasr, Brazilian race car driver
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